in response to the naked lady picture!

[jojo]

Hi all, i have worked in forestry/tree surgery for the past 12 years and dont find the naked ladies a problem, its just what to expect, sex sells! What i do wish is that the ladies who do this a job would get the chance to model if they want to (in appropriate ppe ) to really just squash the stereotype that all female workers are just and i quote "lesbian/out to prove a point/minging/clearly just in in because she is doing certain "favours" for the boss" i have had it all when actually the majority of people on here seem very supportive of women in the industry. would be nice to show our faces sometimes so thanks to you all who, as *female arb* said "big up the female arborists" much appreciated:thumbup:

[doobin]

It's not selling with sex. It's selling with tongue in cheek humour. This country is so sexualised these days that if you were even mildly aroused by that picture you must have been living in Saudi Arabia for the last forty years....

 

You only have to watch modern music 'videos' (WTF happened to enjoying a tune for it's music value alone BTW? ) to see the difference.

[jojo]

exactly, that sex is used to sell a product, not selling sex... anyone will look at the body before the bar i would say.... personal opinion only of course!! what's tongue in cheek about a woman with a bar between her legs? its blatent sexualisation, what about a naked man with a massive bar in an erect position? personally that would make my day and invoke possible mass complaint also touch of racism in that post that i would steer well away from.

[doobin]

Please define 'a touch of racism'

 

Throwing buzzwords only wins you the argument in sixth form Gender and Equality studies, you know that right?

[jojo]

ha haaa! no i dont cos i've never been to school nor nuffink, nor to that place where all them clever types go like university or whatevs. define saudi arabias role in finding that pic arousing and why they are so behind everyone else...pleeeese cause i am fick. x:thumbup:

[Mick Stockbridge]

Blanked.

[jojo]

thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

[doobin]

Absolutely. It's simple, which is just as well.

 

Saudi Arabia is an ultra conservative society. Nudity and pornography are illegal. The UK (along with the rest of the Western World), on the other hand, has been subject to ever increasing amounts of porn, nudity, and indeed sex being used to sell things over the last 40 years.

 

My point is that in the UK, the pendulum has swung so far that a cartoonish image of a naked lady cannot be considered 'selling with sex'.

 

Cast your mind back to the music awards where Miley Cyrus (I think ) was pretty much shagging that bloke on stage but with clothes on. This sort of thing is shown day in day out in music videos, often viewed by children.

 

Lynx commercials show couples in intimate scenes, leaving little the imagination. The message is clear- buy our product and you will get laid. This is selling with sex.

 

Anyway, PM me your address babes and I'll pop a couple of spare caps locks in the post x:thumbup:

[jojo]

oooh nasty. got owt nice to say? to lazy to use caps lock.

[Joe Newton]

Oh Doobin you silver tongued rascal.

 

Let someone else have a pop at the new girl!